5 best quotes and anecdotes from 49ers locker room Wednesday

The 49ers open the season Sunday with an intriguing game against the Carolina Panthers to kick off the Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch era.

The Panthers are looking to bounce back from a 6-10 season while Cam Newton returns from offseason surgery on his throwing shoulder. He had the procedure to repair a partially torn labrum in March and didn’t fully resume throwing until the third preseason game Aug. 24.

The front office worked in the offseason to surround Newton with more play makers at the skill positions, notably with their first two draft picks in running back Christian McCaffrey and versatile receiver Curtis Samuel.

Here are the five best quotes from the 49ers’ locker room on Wednesday as they began gearing up for their first test against Carolina.

Thomas, an avid Beyonce and Star Wars junkie, on his former college roommate McCaffrey, whom he’ll get a chance to tackle for the first time ever on Sunday.

McCaffrey, of course, was the eighth-overall pick in the recent NFL draft. He was taken five picks after the 49ers tapped Thomas, which means there was an awfully talented collection of football players in their campus area suite during their final year at Stanford in 2016.

That quote came in response to McCaffrey during a conference call saying, “I’m not overboard like Solomon is. I support his obsessions,” when asked if he had similar feelings on the pop star and infamous movie series.

The 49ers are preparing for McCaffrey to line up all over the field Sunday to offer Carolina an explosive and versatile weapon the offense lacked in previous seasons.

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